ACR keeps erasing my adjustments

[mrswright5]

ACR keeps erasing my adjustments. Do you know why this might be happening? I always cull first by choosing the ones I will edit by giving them a 5* rating, then I edit. The first time it hid several files and I couldn't find them, so I re-uploaded them. Now for the past few days when I go back to finish editing, the adjustments and ratings are gone, so I keep having to start over. I tried to download the most recent update, but now I'm starting over AGAIN. 
Any tips/tricks?

Thanks!
Julie

[Damien Symonds]

Hi Julie, which version of Photoshop do you have?

[mrswright5]

It's Photoshop CC. I thought maybe I needed to update, so I did. But it's still doing the same thing.
 

To be specific, the new one says Bridge CC 2015, Photoshop CC 2015

[mrswright5]

I thought it might be disk space, but I have 12GB available. 

[Samantha LaRue]

Can you fill this out real quick for us? http://www.damiensymonds.com.au/thread1.html

If you mean just 12 GB of hard drive space, that could definitely be part of the problem.

[mrswright5]

I have a Mac laptop running 10.10.5 and Photoshop CC. It is under 2 years old, and has 8GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 12GB free out of 250GB. The last time I shut down was more than 24 hours ago. I have never run a cleanup program.

[Damien Symonds]

4 minutes ago, mrswright5 said:

Its hard drive has 12GB free out of 250GB.

This is catastrophic.  You're lucky your computer even boots up at all.

Brian always says you need at least 1/3rd free space on your hard drive.  For you, 85GB at least.

[Damien Symonds]

Run CleanMyMac pronto.

And do some serious backing up to clear space.

[mrswright5]

Do you recommend purchasing? It only cleared 500 MB for free.
And should I "Add on" gemini 2". I am a little worried it might erase similar edits (MoriahBdaycrop.psd and MoriahBday2.psd for example)

[mrswright5]

Well it says "Get your Mac the brand new duplicate finder. Gemini 2 saves even more space on your Mac: it finds duplicates, spots similar files, and cleans them all out. System Requirements: OS X 10.10+"
 

Do you think it's safe/good to use?

[Damien Symonds]

@Brian, can you help with this?

[Brian]

Gemini is the leading duplicate file finder for the Mac. 250GB is microscopic by today's standards. 12 GB free is really-really bad and the source of your problems. 

With a 250GB drive, you need to be hyper anal on what gets stored. No photos or files. Only operating system and programs. 

Gemini should help, it will generate a list of duplicates and let you decide what to do. 

[Brian]

Oh, if you want CleanMyMac to do anything substantial, you need to pay for it. I highly recommend it and you should be able to find a coupon code online to help lower the cost. Search for "MacPaw coupon code."

[mrswright5]

On September 18, 2016 at 11:59 AM, mrswright5 said:

 

Thanks Brian, I bought both! It cleared enough space for the adjustments to come back so I didn't have to re-edit this set of images! 

I need to do some real backing up this weekend so I can get photos off my computer still, but it was a start. 

Thank you all!